whirl
verb (used without object)
to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
whirler
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a word derived from
whirl.
Example Sentences
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He worked 16-hour days, borrowed whirler cranes and other machinery from Grand Coulee, pounded between California and Washington commuter-fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Forty-eight hours a week Mary Beechinor sat before her whirler.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
I bet he rounded inter th' edge o' th' whirler afore he knowed it was thar!
From Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford
To illustrate, No. 2 of Table 2 may be characterized as a "right whirler," for he turned to the right almost uniformly.
From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
A girl drew those lines, a girl with a hand as sure as Giotto's, and no better tools than a couple of brushes and a small revolving table called a whirler.
From Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
